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Cambridge Presents .
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The Collected Letters
ofJoseph
Conrad
Frederick Karl and LaurenceDavies) Editors
"One of the advantages ofthis new collection-besides that of providing
accurate texts of unpublished correspondence. .. is that it enables us
to
appreciate the extent to which some ofConrad's letters are themselves part
of his achievement as a prose writer."
- Louis Menand,
The New York Times Book RePielv
"The scholarly wealth and care of this edition, the clarity oflay-out and
secondary material are beyond praise. This represents the archival energy of
American scholarship at its finest."
-George Steiner,
Times Literary Supplement
Now
available.
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Volume
3:
1903-1907
Conrad completed
Nostromo
and
The Secret Agent
during this period but
it was also a time ofgreat personal unhappiness: his plans for leisurely,
contemplative work were constantly interrupted by dangerous illnesses in
the fumily, his own bad health, financial worries, and the pleas ofeditors
desperate for copy.
.
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Volume
2:
1898-1902
Filled with both accomplishments and anxiety, this period brought about
the completion of "Youth", "Amy Foster", "Typhoon",
Lord
Jim,
and
" The Heart ofDarkness" as well as the birth of his first child, the death
ofStephen Crane, the murder ofa friend's son, and imperial wars in
Cuba and South Mrica.
$44.50
Volume
1:
1861-1897
Conrad's emergence out ofPolish and French into a full mastery ofthe
English language is a particular feature of this volume. It opens with a child
and closes with an author, exile, and master mariner just turned forty.
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